Meeting the Bad Boy // Ethan Dolan

41-soap

Continued

Sophie's p.o.v

I walk back into the house and Aaron is just awkwardly standing there, the tension is so very obvious.

"Oh Daniel? Hey man" Aaron says.

I forgot that they knew each other.

Daniel stands up and greets Aaron with a handshake and a pat on the back. Before it got awkward again I raced back in to do the introductions.

"Everybody, this is Aaron, Aaron this is, Nash, Hayes, Grayson, Emma, you already know Daniel and Ethan" I smile.

Grayson got up and greeted him warmly, I could tell Aaron appreciated it.

"So what are we doing?" Aaron asks.

"It's like truth or dare except no dares just truth" Emma announces, loudly.

"Oh so like truth or truth" Aaron replies.

"Exactly"

"Cool"

Aaron sits on the couch in between Grayson, who was also on the couch, and Emma who was sitting in the floor.

Grayson passes Aaron a drink and clears his throat.

I'm assuming Grayson wanted to brighten the mood.

"So Aaron, someone, no clue who, told me that you were the very first person to get Sophie high, is this true?" Grayson laughs.

Aaron looks straight at me and let's out a breathy laugh.

"You look shocked" Ethan states the obvious with a slight grin.

"I just thought Sophie would keep it to herself because she made me pinky promise that I wouldn't tell anyone" Aaron replies.

I cringe at the use of 'pinky promise', but I definitely did make him pinky promise.

"She was very open about it today" Grayson adds.

"Soap has changed since I last saw her then"

I look around the circle and can see that everyone is quite confused as to why he said 'soap'.

"It's a nickname that Aaron gave me back in the day" I'm not 100% how it came about, I just remember him always calling me it.

Ethan tried to stifle a laugh. Was not very subtle though.

"Alright who's next?" Grayson, aka the game master, muses.

"I'll go, Sophie, what happened to you and the first boyfriend?" Aaron asks.

My heart stops. The thought of digging up those old memories makes my neck swell.

I take a quick glance to Ethan because I have told him the most about him than everyone here.

He nods a 'it's okay' to me with a genuine smile, no cheekiness present.

I swallow the saliva that had built up in my mouth and take a deep breath.

Hopefully no one noticed that.

"We broke up when he had to move away" I say with an actual smile, the thought of us breaking up wasn't as sad because otherwise I wouldn't be where I am with Ethan, and that made me happy.

It maybe was a bit of a lie, but technically he did move away. He  left me with nothing except bruises when he moved to the other side of the world. No explanation, not even a goodbye.